Unabomber spurs mail-bomb lecture

By Jeff Owens
Special to the State Press
	In almost 23 years of service, U.S. 
Postal Inspector 
Mike Casadei said he has never handled a 
package that was 
ticking.
	But with the notorious Unabomber still 
at large, and 
with the number of mail-bomb threats 
increasing every year, 
Casadei is reminding people to pay close 
attention to their 
mail.
	Casadei, a federal inspector from the 
Phoenix Postal 
Service, spoke to about 60 people Monday 
afternoon in the 
Memorial Union.
	ASU has received three mail-bomb threats 
in the past 
year, said Linda Augustine, ASU mail services 
manager. 
However, none of the parcels contained 
explosives.
	Standing beside a table of small and 
inoffensive-
looking parcels, Casadei described mail-bomb 
cases he had 
worked on. The packages were mock-ups of 
actual mail 
bombs, including three sent by the Unabomber.
	He warned of packages that are oddly 
shaped, have 
uneven weight distribution, make unusual 
noises, have stains 
on the wrapping, have badly written mailing 
information and 
incorrect or overpaid postage.
	Casadei said that while mail bombs 
usually reach their 
destination, the person who is the target 
"rarely gets the 
bomb." Family members, secretaries or 
business associates 
often become the unintended victims.
	Casadei ran a short video showing the 
terrible effects 
of even small mail bombs.
	Fifteen such bombings across the United 
States have 
been officially attributed to the Unabomber 
since the late 
1970s, Casadei said.
	The Unabomber is unique among the 
growing number 
of mail bombers in the United States, he 
said.
	"There's never been a serial mail bomber 
before. He 
loves the publicity," Casadei added.
	The Unabomber's targets have included 
university 
professors, airline executives, genetic 
engineers and other 
people in technology-related jobs.
	Casadei said that the pipe bombs 
preferred by the 
Unabomber are the most commonly used devices 
in mail 
bombings. The easily made explosives are 
"more deadly than 
hand grenades."
	Casadei said it's possible to get enough 
electronic parts 
to make a bomb at Radio Shack.
	"Radio Shack is known in our business as 
'Bombs R 
Us,' " Casadei said.
	Casadei said mail bombs are more 
sophisticated than 
they were 10 or 15 years ago.
	"There's all kinds of information out 
there on how to 
build mail bombs," he said. 
	Libraries and the Internet provide 
bombers with 
detailed instructions on construction and 
delivery, Casadei 
added.
	One of the first things Casadei said he 
does in an 
investigation is visit libraries to see who 
has checked out the 
infamous Anarchist Cookbook.
	Casadei's speech was sponsored by ASU 
Mail Services 
to increase awareness of mail bombs at the 
University.
	"I do this to wake people up," he said.

Finger painting not just for kids

By Brian Anderson
State Press
	In the spirit of Picasso, Van Gogh and 
kindergartners 
everywhere, stressed out ASU students, 
faculty and staff can dabble 
in the art of finger painting today on Hayden 
Lawn from 10 a.m. to 
2 p.m.
	A group of science fiction and fantasy 
enthusiasts, THEM, will 
have gallons of colorful paint, a bunch of 
paper and plenty of clean-
up supplies for those who want to express 
themselves artistically. 
	Radawna Michelle, secretary for THEM, 
said people are 
encouraged to attend the painting session to 
reduce stress levels and 
sow their creative seeds. 
	"It is a creative outlet because 
creativity is sadly lacking in some 
classroom forums," she said. "And it is a 
stress buster for faculty, 
staff and students. Some people don't think 
you need to release 
stress by the sixth week of classes, (but) 
unfortunately, I am in great 
need of a stress reliever."
	Michelle added that the group has 
purchased enough supplies for 
100 people. 
	Echoing Michelle's motives for staging 
the painting session was 
Travis Gallion, president of THEM and a 
senior electrical 
engineering major. 
	"I haven't been entirely satisfied with 
the creative outlets in a lot 
of the course work at ASU," he said. "One of 
the things we're 
trying to do is get people to think 
creatively and express their 
creativity."
	Gallion added that THEM plans to 
photograph each of the 
creations and post them on the World Wide Web 
with the artist's 
name, provided the person completes a release 
form.
	Michelle said this is the first time 
THEM has conducted a painting 
project and she believes the finger paint art 
gallery would be the first 
of its kind on the Internet.
	"We just think that it would be kind of 
neat to have these little 
creative masterpieces available," she said. 
"There may be a finger 
painting art gallery on the World Wide Web, 
but we haven't seen it. 
This may be a first, not just for THEM and 
ASU, but maybe for the 
Web." 
	Gallion said this will be an opportunity 
to attract potential 
members to the group using interesting 
tactics. 
	"It's just kind of a silly idea and it 
just sounds like fun," he said.

Eco-safe coolers help ease 'hellish' Valley heat

By Patty King
State Press
	When Valley temperatures rose to 122 
degrees, Arun 
K. Pal didn't lose his cool.
	Instead, the ASU alumnus invented Kar-
Kool, a 
vehicle cooling system that operates without 
gasoline or 
Freon.
	"Kar-Kool may be an ideal alternative to 
Freon-based 
air conditioning units, especially in hellish 
dry heat," said Pal, 
who graduated from ASU in 1985 and 1988 with 
bachelor's 
degrees in chemistry and chemical 
engineering.
	Pal, the president of Eco-Star, a 
Phoenix 
environmental-engineering firm, said he 
developed the 
product during the summer of 1990 as a 
reaction to record-
high temperatures. His goal was to create a 
device that would 
cool parked cars. He also developed a system 
to cool moving 
vehicles, he said.
	Jay Landers, Pal's assistant at Eco-
Star, said Kar-Kool 
was not the first name considered for the 
product.
	"We were going to call it 'Hell Cooler,' 
because the 
hotter it is, the better it works," he said. 
"We thought it would 
be inappropriate to do that because of the 
connotations 
involved, so we called it Kar -Kool instead."
	A typical air conditioner is powered by 
gasoline 
because its compressor is turned by the car's 
engine. 
However, Kar-Kool does not require gasoline 
to run and uses 
water rather than Freon, he said.
	"Instead of taking Freon and (converting 
it) from a 
liquid to a gas, we take water and convert it 
from a liquid to a 
gas," he said.
	Landers said Kar-Kool consists of a 
three-gallon 
bladder tank and two fans. The fans are 
designed to fit on one 
of the windows and circulate air in the car's 
interior. The 
tank, which goes in the vehicle's trunk or 
back seat, contains 
both pressurized air and pressurized water. 
	The air in the tank puts pressure on the 
water, which 
travels through a tube into an atomizer. It 
turns the water 
into mist, which is spread throughout the 
vehicle by the fans 
and cools the air. The droplets eventually 
turn into steam and 
exit the car through a window. 
	"Meanwhile you've got new water with new 
microdroplets that go floating about and 
evaporate again," 
Landers said. "The process continues itself."
	He said users can turn on Kar-Kool while 
their vehicle 
is parked by removing the fan's socket plug 
and inserting it in 
the car's cigarette lighter, which turns the 
fans on.
	"The fans are very highly energy 
efficient," he said. 
"They can run for a ... long time, (such as) 
eight to twelve 
hours without draining your battery at all."
	To use the product while the car is 
moving, users just 
have to reposition the fans, Landers said. 
While the car is 
moving, the cooler can also work with 
dashboard blowers or 
a fan can be mounted on the dashboard.
	Although Kar-Kool does not run on 
gasoline, the 
weight of the product - 30 to 40 pounds - can 
affect gas 
mileage, Landers said. However, he added that 
the gasoline 
use is still substantially less than the 
amount needed to run 
other types of air conditioners.
	"If you drove 1,000 or 10,000 miles, it 
may use a gallon 
or a half-gallon (of gasoline)," he said.
	Landers said another of Kar-Kool's 
features is that its 
tank can provide an emergency water supply 
for stranded 
motorists to use in their radiators or for 
drinking water.
	"The tank is such that ... bacteria 
can't grow in there," 
he said. "That's why it's safe to drink from 
it."
	Pal received a U.S. patent for the 
device in December 
1994. Eco-Star is currently searching for 
companies to take 
out a license to market and manufacture the 
product, Landers 
said. He said the primary market is going to 
be the southwest 
U.S. and other desert areas around the world.
	Over the past three months, the company 
has 
contacted nearly 3,500 automotive companies 
and gotten 
responses from about 200 companies that are 
currently 
evaluating the product. None have given a 
final answer.
	Landers said they want to be prepared to 
market the 
product by 1996 to take advantage of the U.S. 
government's 
1994 ban on the manufacture of Freon for 
vehicles. People 
might want to use the product instead of 
spending money 
converting their air conditioners to the type 
approved by the 
Environmental Protection Agency, he said.
	"In (the September 1995 issue of) 
Scientific American, 
(it said) that there are something like 100 
million cars out in 
the market that have the old-style A/C in 
them," he said. "We 
want to capture as much of that market as 
possible while 
these people are trying to figure out what to 
do with their A/C systems."

ASU journalism school gets $1.5 million grant

By Michelle Carson
Special to the State Press
	ASU's journalism school has received a 
$1.5 million 
grant to boost the use of technology in 
classroom instruction.
	The 1995 Knight Chair in Journalism, 
awarded by the 
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will 
go to the Walter 
Cronkite School of Journalism and 
Telecommunication to 
establish a new program focusing on the 
study, research and 
instruction of computer-assisted journalism.
	"This endowment will allow us to 
continue the kind of 
leadership in computer-assisted journalism 
that we have 
demonstrated in the past," said Anne 
Schneider, Dean of the 
College of Public Programs.
	"We will have the resources necessary to 
expand and 
maintain our leadership in this field," she 
said.
	The grant will establish a permanent 
chair position 
within the school. The chairholder will be a 
senior professor 
who will teach classes, conduct research, 
develop new 
courses and serve as an expert for journalism 
students and 
teachers at ASU and other universities. 
	The $1.5 million will be administered by 
the ASU 
Foundation. The interest from the endowment 
is expected to 
be around $67,500 per year. The University 
will match this 
amount every year. The funds will pay the 
salary of the 
program administrator and buy equipment and 
materials 
needed for the program. 
	The University has already begun 
searching for 
someone to fill the position and may hire the 
chair as early as 
next fall, Schneider said. The search is 
focusing on people 
outside the University.
	The Cronkite School is the eighth 
journalism program 
in the country to be awarded the Knight 
Chair. Other 
recipients have included Duke University, 
Michigan State 
University and the University of Maryland. 
	"It is a real honor to have received 
this grant," said 
Schneider. "ASU doesn't have that many 
endowed chairs, and 
this one is really central to what we are 
trying to accomplish as a school."

ASASU 'still running' despite president's arrest, Senate claims

By Timothy Tait
State Press
	The Associated Students of ASU Senate 
said in a 
meeting last night that the effectiveness of 
ASASU has not 
been affected by the arrest of President 
Chris Weber. 
However, not all of the senators in 
attendance agreed.
	College of Public Programs Senator Evan 
Itzkowitz 
said ASASU operations have not been adversely 
affected by 
the arrest of Weber for allegedly hitting a 
woman during a 
bar fight.
	"ASASU is still running," he said. "(It) 
has not been too 
terribly disrupted."
	However, College of Liberal Arts Senator 
Alex Shivers 
disagreed.
	"That is not a safe assumption," Shivers 
said in reply to 
Itzkowitz. "It has already disrupted the 
operation of the 
Senate." 
	Weber quickly answered the statements, 
affirming that 
his office will not be affected by his 
arrest.
	"The president's office will continue 
business as usual," 
he said.
	Weber asked for the senators to describe 
exactly how 
his office would be compromised as a result 
of the his arrest.
	Although none of the senators answered 
Weber's 
question, several lashed out at his comment.
	"It is not appropriate at this time for 
the president to 
come in and delve into what the Senate may 
do," Shivers 
said.
	"It bothers me that the president is 
involving himself 
in this process," College of Law Senator 
Sanjay Vidyadaran 
said. "Things are not normal."
	The Senate stated that it will wait 
until Weber's trial 
before making any decision regarding his 
political future.
	"It is too early to pass judgment on 
this incident," 
University Affairs Committee Chairman Daran 
Wastchak 
said. "We will leave the dissemination of 
information up to 
DPS."
	The Senate, in a written statement, said 
that it 
"recognizes that elected and appointed 
representatives ... 
must maintain the highest standards of 
conduct." The Senate 
also said that it would "take official 
action" if necessary.
	What action could be taken was not 
stated, but the 
Senate could ask for Weber's resignation or 
impeach him.
	The Senate, according to the statement, 
will allow DPS 
"to gather and assess the facts surrounding 
the incident while 
the Senate focuses on the proper conduct and 
responsibilities 
expected" of officials.
	Weber was arrested on suspicion of 
misdemeanor 
assault early Thursday morning after Heidi 
Young, a junior 
pre-business major, filed a complaint with 
the ASU 
Department of Public Safety. She said she 
can't positively 
identify Weber as the assailant, but has 
several witnesses who 
substantiate her claim.
	The fight between a few members of 
Weber's 
fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, and a few members 
from Sigma 
Phi Epsilon occurred at about 12:30 a.m. 
Thursday at the 
Dash Inn, 731 E. Apache Blvd. Weber left the 
bar after the 
fight and was arrested outside his fraternity 
house about a 
half-hour later.
	Weber denies involvement in the fight, 
or punching Young.

Regents to examine affirmative action in Thursday's meeting

By Cody V. Aycock
State Press
	The Arizona Board of Regents will study 
affirmative 
action Thursday to define issues and programs 
relevant to 
Arizona's three universities. 
	"We are trying to acquaint everybody 
with what kinds 
of programs we have and what programs we 
don't have (at 
the state's universities)," said Regent 
Andrew Hurwitz. "Both 
newer members of the board, I think, and some 
of the public 
may have some misconception about what 
programs are out 
there." 
	Regent Judy Gignac said the board wants 
to 
emphasize that the issues surrounding 
Arizona's affirmative-
action debate are different from those of the 
University of 
California, which recently received national 
attention for 
ending race-preference programs at UC system 
campuses. 
	"It is one thing to say we'll look at 
what they did in 
California and let's do the same. That's all 
well and good if 
the process is the same, but it very clearly 
is not," Gignac 
said. 
	Hurwitz said the issue of quotas, which 
drove 
California's debate, is not valid in Arizona. 
	"I know of no program at any of our 
three universities 
that involves quotas," he said. "There is 
nothing that says we 
want 15 percent Mexican-Americans or 10 
percent black 
Americans or whatever." 
	Arizona's affirmative action programs 
currently 
involve financial aid set aside for minority 
students, but 
Hurwitz said this does not deprive other 
students. 
	"In the context of things, we are not 
saying to a 
majority of students, 'You are not eligible 
for a scholarship.' 
We are saying to that majority student, 'Your 
scholarship 
money is going to come from pot A, and we 
freed up some 
money for minority students from pot B," he 
said. 
	In 1993-94, Arizona designated 1.1 
percent of its 
legislative-appropriated scholarship funds to 
minority 
students. More than 26 percent of minorities  
received 
scholarships. 
	For the same year, majority students 
received more 
than $27 million in scholarship funding. 
	Hurwitz said the issue of affirmative 
action reached 
the board after Regents' President-elect John 
Munger 
questioned the rationale for the programs. 
	Munger could not be reached for comment. 
	However, Hurwitz said he does not 
believe that other 
regents share Munger's skepticism. 
	Student Regent Mark Davis said he 
supports Arizona's 
current policies. 
	"I do support the programs we have in 
place," he said. 
"The policies we have in place are strong." 
	Hurwitz also said he hopes the board 
will not change 
Arizona's current programs. 
	"My strong hope is that the board will 
affirm its basic 
commitment to (affirmative action) programs 
and perhaps set 
up a mechanism by which the universities and 
regents' office 
can take a look at (affirmative action) and 
make sure (it) has 
not strayed from its original purpose," he said.

Editorial: Slaughterhouse America

	"Why Stephanie?"
	It is a question that seemingly defies 
explanation.
	Three-year-old Stephanie Kuhen certainly 
didn't 
deserve her fate - sudden death in a hail of 
bullets.
	Her "crime" was merely that she was a 
passenger in a 
car that made a single wrong turn.
	The car came to a halt in a dead-end 
alley in Los 
Angeles. Gang members quickly surrounded the 
car and 
sprayed it with gunfire. Stephanie died 
instantly.
	Stephanie's death stands out in our 
minds because of 
the circumstances that surround it and 
because she happened 
to be white.
	Making a wrong turn should never serve 
as grounds 
for the execution of a toddler. Any person 
who believes that it 
does can only be described as nothing less 
than an animal - 
an animal that has forever forfeited its 
humanity.
	Yet senseless violence and death is 
always tragic, even 
when it is not this striking.
	Stephanie's death is surely a tragedy. 
But it is no more 
tragic than the violence that occurs daily in 
the streets and 
backways of Slaughterhouse America.
	Dozens die daily, many in the same way 
that little 
Stephanie died. But in Slaughterhouse 
America, death by 
gunfire is merely routine. Only unusual 
circumstances merit 
coverage.
	Death has become so commonplace now that 
it has 
dulled our senses of natural revulsion, much 
as soldiers get 
used to watching men get butchered day after 
endless day.
	There is no escaping it. Death has 
become our constant 
companion.
	"I am frightened, (and) just like any 
child, I am 
helpless," wrote 12-year-old Christine Isip 
to Stephanie. "Does 
anybody care about us?
	"Where do we seek safety, where do we go 
so we can 
play and laugh?"
	In streets running red with blood, there 
is no refuge, 
no solace, no rest. In these streets of 
death, there is no 
childhood.
	Poverty is bad enough to grow up in. But 
throw 
constant violence and death into the mixture, 
and you have 
the ingredients for the making of future gang 
members, gang 
members that will be taking the lives of 
future Stephanie 
Kuhens five, 10, 15 years from now.
	We cannot treat the question "Why 
Stephanie?" as a 
rhetorical one. We must think about why this 
is happening.
	As long as youths grow up with no hope 
of escaping 
their poverty, they will turn to lives of 
crime as a way of 
escape.
	As long as movie screens and television 
sets across the 
land blast us with an endless parade of 
death, violence and 
the degradation of the human spirit, there 
will be no end to 
the killing.
	As long as human beings continue to 
stereotype each 
other by the color of their skins, people 
will continue to die.
	America has forgotten how precious every 
single 
human life is - and how the taking of life 
needlessly is an 
affront to the entire human race.
	Until this principle is driven deep into 
the 
subconscious of every single American, the 
slaughter will 
continue daily in the streets of America.
	Unless we regain our respect for 
humanity, there will 
be no escape from Slaughterhouse America.

Column: Hooters' girls sell sex, not lunch

Liz Montalbano
Columnist
	As everyone knows by now, Hooters opened 
last 
Tuesday on Mill Avenue. And as everyone also 
knows and is 
probably sick of hearing, some people weren't 
too happy 
about it, some (especially men) were ecstatic 
and some just 
didn't give a damn.
	If you had spoken to me last week, I 
probably would 
have been one of those who didn't give a 
damn. When Ethics 
in Action and the Tempe City Council raised a 
furor over the 
possiblity of a Hooters on Mill Avenue last 
spring, I scoffed 
at their conservative viewpoints. Though I 
don't necessarily 
approve of a restaurant with scantily-clad 
waitresses, I don't 
usually care what other people do to degrade 
themselves as 
long as I'm not directly involved.
	But now I've changed my mind.
	I bike by Hooters everyday on my way to 
campus, and 
since I usually don't pay much attention to 
the buildings 
around me when I cross Mill because I'm too 
busy dodging 
traffic, I didn't even know when it opened. 
	Until I noticed the sign.
	You all know the one. The catchy little 
Hooters logo 
with the two bloated o's as the eyes of an 
owl. 
	Call me crazy, but those eyes resemble 
something else 
other than an owl's eyes, and they happen to 
be a something 
that is attached to my torso. 
	And if I wore tight shirts like the 
Hooters' waitresses 
do, I guarantee that men would focus their 
attention on my 
"eyes" a lot more. 
	In a recent State Press article, EiA 
president Bob 
Pappalardo claimed that Hooters' "business is 
to sell sex."
	A Hooters' waitress countered that she 
didn't feel 
"anything negative," and that the restaurant 
doesn't objectify 
women.
	I realize that it's natural for both 
sexes to want to 
attract the other, and in our superficial 
society, sometimes it 
takes showing off the "assets" of your 
anatomy get the 
opposite sex to notice you. That's not too 
terrible of a thing - 
to a degree.
	I'm not above wearing a tight shirt or 
two. It's not 
really that big of a deal. Most of the people 
I surround myself 
with are not overtly superficial and focus 
more on 
personality than looks anyway. If I wore a 
tight shirt I might 
get a few ribbings from my friends, but none 
of the guys are 
going to want to jump me just because they 
can see the size of 
my breasts. 
	It's a little different when women are 
showcasing their 
figures for bucks. It's like our gender is 
shooting itself in the 
foot.	
	I don't like being uneccessarily ogled. 
I don't like when 
I'm whistled at while I'm riding my bike home 
from work 
(which recently occurred twice in one day). I 
don't believe I'm 
asking for it.
	Women who use sex to make a living are 
ruining it for 
the rest of us. Women who let men garner 
cheap thrills on 
their lunch hours permit them to degrade the 
rest of us with 
the same treatment.
	Hooters' girls are sex objects, whether 
they want to be 
or not. I think that any woman who wears that 
kind of outfit 
to work has to know that she's going to get a 
fatter tip than a 
woman wearing, say, a shapeless Denny's 
uniform.
	Women have fought long and hard to 
attain respect 
from men in the workplace for too long, and 
we still don't get 
as much as we deserve. Perverts like Bob 
Packwood are proof 
of this.
	But women can't fight sexual harrassment 
if we place 
ourselves in compromising positions. We can't 
expect men 
not to take advantage of us if we allow 
ourselves to be 
degraded.
	And don't try to tell me that the owl on 
the Hooters 
logo is trying to figure out how many bites 
it takes to get to 
the center of a Tootsie pop. 
	Everyone knows what the word "hooters" 
is slang for - 
the restaurant might as well admit what's 
going on instead of 
insulting our intelligence with a silly 
gimmick. 
	Sadly, my opinion probably isn't going 
to change 
anything. There are way too many industries 
in which 
women choose to use sex to earn a living 
(Hello, Showgirls) 
and they're all not suddenly going to 
disappear just because I 
say they're setting women back 100 years.
	I just wish that there wasn't one smack 
in the middle 
of my own backyard.

Liz Montalbano is an M.F.A. student studying 
creative writing.

Column: Betty Crocker just a name, not a symbol

Betty Farrish
Columnist
	Just when I've gotten over the 
excitement of the 
Quaker Oats Co.'s makeover modernization of 
the pancake 
queen, "Aunt Jemima," General Mills Inc. has 
announced its 
crafty marketing plan to "ethnicize" Betty 
Crocker.
	Pardon me while I laugh up my sleeve at 
this silly 
display of politically correct overkill. What 
other fictional 
character is in line for a broader nose or 
darker pigment? The 
Quaker on the oatmeal box? The Post Raisin 
Girl? Michael 
Jackson?
	Granted, there was good reasoning 
applied in giving 
old "Auntie" Jemima an updated new look. 
Afterall, it was 
kind of an oxymoron to have a slave woman 
(reference the 
washed-out cotton dress and head-rag 
ensemble) 
representing a product that boasts of its 
down-home, 
wholesome goodness.
	I don't care how happy and eager to 
please she 
appeared to be on the pancake box. I've 
decided that Aunt 
Jemima, if she were real, couldn't have 
possibly been happy 
in the land of cotton and was eager to please 
by default. In 
the absence of remedying the insulting 
implications of her 
old look, the change was late but 
satisfactory.
	Now, if Nabisco will give the Cream of 
Wheat guy a 
less "slave-like" appearance and if Argo 
starch will remove 
that ridiculous corn cob body from the 
American Indian 
woman gracing its boxes, then all minorities 
will be 
appropriately represented on product 
packaging and we can 
move on to bigger issues outside of the 
grocery store aisles. 
	But why Betty Crocker? What's wrong with 
being 
white?  
	"The face of the nation is going to be 
very different 
than it was 20 years ago," said a University 
of Minnesota 
marketing professor who was quoted in a story 
that ran in 
the Phoenix Gazette. "If they (minorities) 
can identify with 
the person on the brand better because it 
looks like them, this 
is a wise thing to do."
	Oh ... so that's why they use black 
models for those 
huge billboards strategically posted in inner 
city 
neighborhoods that advertise Newport 
cigarettes and Old 
English 800 malt liquor. I guess if targeting 
a market is the 
objective, applying the identification theory 
is indeed "a wise 
thing to do." However, I question the ethics 
and the motives 
behind a decision to invite a certain group 
or class of people 
to shorten its life span.
	As far as I know, a little cake every 
now and then 
never killed anybody. Maybe General Mills 
Inc. has good 
intentions, but I question its motives, too. 
The company is 
soliciting photographs and will choose 75 
women to digitally 
mold together to make one new and improved 
(depending on 
how you see it) ethnic Betty to be unveiled 
in February. That's 
great advertisement for the company's 75th 
anniversary, 
especially when it's free advertising in the 
form of an article 
on the front page of a newspaper.
	I think most people - ethnic or not - 
are OK with Betty 
being white. Since the fictional character 
was created in 1921, 
she has undergone seven modifications to 
reflect the 
changing times. Outside of facial expressions 
and clothing 
changes, she basically remained the same - a 
blue-eyed, 
homemaker next-door type who supposedly 
symbolized 
someone's idea of middle America. 
	If General Mills really wanted to make 
that big of an 
impression on minorities so they'll rush to 
the grocery story 
to buy its cake and Hamburger Helper, then it 
should have 
considered this marketing ploy back in the 
'60s when it 
would have really made an impact. Instead, 
the company just 
added a Jackie Kennedy Onassis-styled dress 
and a pearl 
necklace. It's 1995, minorities didn't just 
all of a sudden 
appear in the United States and General Mills 
should do 
everyone a favor and keep Betty Crocker the 
way she is.
	Cake is cake. What Betty Crocker looks 
like won't 
make a difference to the person who wants to 
bake one, 
regardless of color. Besides, I made a 
special trip to the 
grocery store just to get a look at her 
picture on the box and it 
wasn't even on it.

Betty Farrish is senior studying journalism

Column: What is up with that?

Christina Bailey
Opinion Editor
Frat mess: Let's see here. Nearly a month 
ago, a Sigma Chi 
fraternity member was arrested for beating up 
a homeless 
black man in front of Fraternity Row. 
Meanwhile, the police 
are still dilly-dallying with whether or not 
it is a hate crime. 
	ASASU President Chris Weber, also a 
fraternity 
member, was arrested Thursday for allegedly 
punching a girl 
in a bar. Earlier that evening, there had 
been a fight between 
a few members of Weber's fraternity and a few 
fraternity 
members from Sigma Phi Epsilon. 
	What's up with that? Is violence 
becoming a common 
theme among fraternities? 
	Who is governing these fraternities 
besides Bud Light, 
Coors Light and mass quantities of 
testosities are a bunch 
of drunken idiots 
who find solace in beating on those not as 
able to defend 
themselves. There are fraternities who don't 
adhere to that "I 
am man, hear me roar" attitude, but this 
University really 
needs to take a look at what kind of policies 
they have 
governing ASU's fraternities, because these 
incidents are 
simply unacceptable.
NBA title - not: The Round Mound of Missed 
Free Throws 
Charles Barkley is back with the Phoenix Suns 
for yet another 
wonderful year or two. He said he believes 
the Suns have a 
legitimate shot at the NBA title.
	Yeah, right. I believe it's possible too 
as long as:
	- Barkley isn't at the line shooting 
free throws for the 
game
	- Thunder Dan Majerle isn't spottin' up 
for another 
one of his patented long-range bricks or in 
the starting line-
up against the Houston Rockets;
	- Kevin Johnson isn't limping up the 
court nursing his 
hamstring, groin, quadriceps or other 
nuisance injuries;
	- Joe Kleine or some other big clumsy 
center doesn't 
try to run over the Suns' most prized 
possessions. 
Gov. Fife Symington: Good businessman my ass.
Showgirls hoopla: Maybe it's me but the best 
kind of 
publicity usually ends up being little or no 
publicity, don't 
you think? 
	Not only has the media given this NC-17-
rated movie 
additional exposure, it has also told parents 
other ways their 
children can preview this sexually 
explicit/artistically 
creative material (depending on who you talk 
to) through the 
Internet.
	I think the uproar and outrage over this 
movie is 
somewhat hypocritical and inconsistent. How 
come it is OK 
for teens to get their daily dose of sex and 
violence from 
television via soap operas, cartoons and 
prime time 
television, but its not OK for them to watch 
it on the big 
screen? Go figure.
End in sight: After almost a year, the 
defense and the 
prosecution in the O.J. Simpson fiasco have 
finally rested 
their cases. 
	But because of the media, the power 
plays between the 
prosecution and the defense and the way the 
judicial system 
is set up, no one but the killer, Ronald 
Goldman, Nicole 
Simpson and possibly the Simpson's dog will 
ever know who 
did it.
	What we do know is that our criminal 
justice system is 
a joke and so are a fair amount of law 
enforcement officials 
sworn to protect and serve the people. 
	A true test will be whether or not we, 
the people, will 
pressure our legislators to reform these 
deplorable yet 
important facets of our justice system.

Christina Bailey is a senior studying print 
journalism.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Getting ASU students to solve own campus issues

	Since the Campus Environment Team began 
its work 
in 1990, it has most often addressed campus 
hate speech, 
offensive speech that often is 
constitutionally protected and 
must be confronted with creative, 
constructive responses 
such as counterspeech and education. In 
contrast, the CET 
policies have always prohibited violent 
assaults on campus, 
conduct that is not constitutionally 
protected and that calls 
for more direct intervention by police and 
administrators.
	To the dismay of many on campus, this 
academic year 
has opened with a series of violent acts that 
threaten not just 
our sensibilities, but our sense of physical 
security: a beating 
on campus in the first week of school, the 
recent death of a 
gay student activist triggered by an earlier 
shooting and a 
reported fight between fraternity members at 
the Dash Inn 
over the weekend. Some of this reported 
violence took place 
off-campus or involved persons not associated 
with the 
campus. Nonetheless, it underscores the need 
for all 
members of the campus community to recognize 
that fist 
fights and other violence are simply 
unacceptable as a means 
of resolving disputes.
	In short, it's time to be part of the 
solution rather than 
part of the problem. The year the CET will 
provide small 
grants of up to $500 for projects on campus 
that promote its 
goals of achieving a climate on campus in 
which diverse 
people can work, live and study together with 
respect and 
without violence. A project on campus to help 
students or 
others to resolve disputes nonviolently, or 
that otherwise 
addresses campus violence, would certainly be 
eligible for 
consideration under this program. To obtain a 
funding 
application, call the CET secretary Anna 
Virgillio at 965-4840. 
Let's stop making extra work for the police 
and start solving 
our problems in a manner befitting an 
institution of higher 
learning.

Charles Calleros
Director 
Campus Environment Team

Swimming pastures get 'Greener' with new assistant women's coach

By Ron Matejko
State Press
      Asher Green, who coached at the 1995 
U.S. Olympic 
Festival and is a current U.S. National team 
coach, is the new 
assistant coach for the Sun Devil women's 
swim team, ASU 
announced Monday. Green replaces Tim Verge, 
who left to 
become head coach at Ashland University in 
Ohio.
     Green, who spent the last five years as 
head coach of the 
Decatur Swim Club in Decatur, Ill.., said he 
has aspired to 
coach under ASU Head Coach Tim Hill.
	"I got to know Coach Hill at a camp 
about four years 
ago," he said "I told him straight out, if 
the opportunity ever 
arose, I would like to get a position to 
coach under him."
 	Under Green, Decatur posted several 
individual and 
team titles, three Olympic trials qualifiers 
and also placed a 
swimmer in the top five at eight consecutive 
Senior 
Nationals. 
     "He expressed interest in coaching in 
college," Hill said of 
Green. "He was the best person available. 
Usually you don't 
get someone with this kind of experience at 
this level."
     Green said he has been swimming from the 
time he was 5. 
After finishing his swimming career he said 
the next logical 
step was to coach.
     "My first-full time job was coaching," 
said Green. "It's the 
only occupation I've ever held."
     Green said it would have been easy for 
him to have 
remained at the high school and club levels, 
but he had 
higher goals. He said he will not have a 
problem going from 
being his own boss as a head coach, to being 
an assistant.
     "It will take a little adjustment 
because there can only be 
one chief and others have to be indians," 
Green said. "The fact 
that Tim always asks my opinion and listens 
to it makes it a 
lot easier."
     Green said he is looking forward to 
coaching the more 
talented swimmers at the NCAA level.
     "I like college athletes and I like 
dealing with the best in 
the world," he said. "You're not going to get 
that at the club 
and high school levels, because they haven't 
reached their 
peak yet."
  	Green swam at Penn H.S. in Mishawaka, 
Ind., his 
hometown. He also swam for four years at 
Butler University 
in Indianapolis, and was captain during his 
senior year. He 
also has an MBA from the University of 
Georgia and a BA in 
psychology from Butler University.

ASU soccer musters only two goals on Utah trip

From Staff Reports
	The ASU men's soccer club tasted defeat 
twice on a 
recent trip to Utah. ASU was rocked by the 
BYU Cougars, 6-2, 
on Saturday. Goals were made by Chris Vantuil 
and Jesus 
Elin. 
	Andy Fisher recorded 24 saves in the net 
and Shawn 
Dumphy did yeoman's work on defense. 
	With the win, BYU (13-0-1) remained 
undefeated. 
	To round out the trip, the Sun Devils 
were shutout to 
the tune of 5-0 at Weber St. ASU was down 1-0 
at the half on 
a penalty kick. Fisher stopped 15 shots and 
Ed Webber and 
T.J. Hagen delivered standout performances at 
the fullback 
slots. ASU is now 1-2 for the season, while 
Weber St. improved to 5-0.

FLYING SAUCERS

Disc golf latest trend in recreational sports 
for outdoor 
enthusiasts and frisbee experts

By Melody McDonald
Special to the State Press
	Across a field of green, Dan Ginnelly 
stands hunched 
over, aiming at his target. His mouth is 
drawn. His forehead 
is tense. His eyes are focused. Clearly, this 
is a man that 
should not be disturbed. 
	Or at least not for the next 30 seconds. 
	Ginnelly is presently concentrating on 
tossing a round, 
orange disc into one of the many metal 
baskets that are 
strewn throughout the Shelley Sharpe Memorial 
Disc Golf 
Course in Scottsdale. 
	He considers himself to be a 
professional at this task. 
	"Travel ... beautiful," he said with a 
smile as the disc 
floated into the hamper. "The greatest thing 
about this is that 
it can be played one-on-one. If you want to 
get out, you can 
just come to the park and play."
	Today, Ginnelly is playing with three 
other people that 
seem to be just as dedicated to tossing a 
disc into a metal 
basket as he is. 
	Ginnelly and his crew are engrossed in 
the latest trend 
in sports: disc golf. And they are just one 
of the many who 
are "living and breathing" this relatively 
new pastime. On any 
given day, you may find Ginnelly and his 
troupe in a local 
park devoting their free time to perfecting 
the sport they have 
come to love. 
	Disc golf is the newest rage and can 
best be described 
as a mixture of frisbee and golf. The goal is 
to toss a specially 
constructed disc into a metal basket, called 
a polehole, with 
the fewest throws possible. It is scored like 
golf and can be 
just as challenging. 
	However, unlike golf, disc golf can be 
played for free 
and requires no tee-time. Heading down to one 
of the local 
parks that maintain disc golf courses and 
asking for a 
scorecard will get you on. 
	The only preparation and cost involved 
is the actual 
one-time purchasing of the discs at a local 
sports store. The 
discs, which look very much like a frisbee, 
come in different 
styles, shapes and colors, and they promise 
not to dent you 
pocketbook.
	The discs can be purchased for around 
$9, and there 
are several to choose from. There are discs 
that are best for 
"putting" and "driving." Some discs are 
shaped a little 
differently than others; some are slightly 
heavier. Deciding 
on which disc to use is based solely on 
individual preference 
which allows the player to be creative and to 
continuously 
experiment with the game.
	According to Ginnelly, there are 
relatively few disc 
golf courses in the Valley. And with more 
people jumping on 
the bandwagon, it may be necessary to 
increase disc golf 
courses in Arizona. Currently, there are six 
parks in the 
Valley that offer disc golf courses. They are 
located in Tempe, 
Scottsdale, Chandler, and Fountain Hills, and 
Mesa. 
	Ginnelly believes that there are few 
courses in the 
Valley, not only because the sport is young, 
but also because 
many parks have trouble maintaining them.  
	As Ginnelly and his crew moved from 
polehole to 
polehole, they encouraged and cheered each 
other on, offered 
advice and critiqued one another. They seemed 
passionate 
about perfecting their game. 
	Although they mainly play for fun, they 
do compete 
on a professional level as well. As members 
of the Arizona 
Disc Golf Club, one of the two clubs that 
exist in Arizona, 
they are frequently involved in disc golf 
competitions and 
tournaments. 
	Ginnelly himself has competed in Disc 
Golf's World 
Championships in six of the past seven years, 
and is ranked 
12th in the world. He is sponsored by 
Discraft Pro Golf Discs, 
and he estimates that he has made about 
$20,000- per year 
playing the sport. By day, Ginnelley goes to 
work as a 
drywaller. 
	"I'm as good as anyone in this state. 
It's not saying a lot 
since the sport is so young, but ... I have 
won a lot of 
tournaments. The most I have ever won was 
$3,000 and that 
was for three days of having fun," he said. 
	Ginnelly believes that the sport can 
only get better, 
and he is certain that it is not just a fad 
which will eventually 
fizzle out and die. 
	"It's never going to go down," said 
Ginnelley 
confidently. "Eventually the game will take 
off. My kid is 3 
years old now. By the time he is 20 years 
old, you can bet that 
people will be making a living playing it."
	One of Ginnelley's partners this 
afternoon, mark 
Ostrander, couldn't agree more. He is also a 
true believer in 
the game. 
	"It's fun, and it's cheap," he explained 
while choosing 
his disc in preparation for the next toss. 
"You could invest $20 
in discs and that would keep you going for 
quite a while. Not 
only that, but you get exercise, and you can 
compete," he said 
with a smile before casting his eyes into the sky.

Murphy's 2nd season starts smooth

By Dustin Krugel
State Press
	Year two of the Pat Murphy era has begun 
much 
smoother, according to the ASU head baseball 
coach.
	"I think it was a very difficult 
situation for our whole 
staff and our team last year, to walk into a 
situation where 
nobody knew anybody," said Murphy, who 
succeeded Jim 
Brock in August of last year. "I think this 
year we're a lot 
more comfortable and a lot more focused on 
what we have to 
accomplish and not focused on getting 
comfortable."
	After last Saturday's Maroon and Gold 
intrasquad 
scrimmage, ASU's fall practice season ended. 
Fall practice 
had added importance this year because there 
were many 
new faces on the roster, Murphy said.
	"It helps build a team concept. That's 
crucial right 
now," he said. 
	To help this process, Murphy moved fall 
practice from 
early October to August 27.
	"We felt like we had 22 new players. We 
wanted to 
hurry up and find out what we have," Murphy 
said. 
	Pitcher/first baseman Ryan Bradley can 
already see 
noticeable change from last year.
	"The team's a lot closer this year," 
Bradley said. "Now I 
know what I need to come in and do. Last year 
I was unsure 
what I was going to do. I came in as a young 
freshman, just 
not knowing what to do. Now I know."
	Mike Torti, ASU's top transfer recruit 
from the 
University of Miami, Fla., said fall camp was 
about the same 
as Miami's.
	"When you get in college, the fall stuff 
is pretty much 
the same," said Torti, who had a .283 batting 
average with 
five homers and 40 RBI's during the 1995 
season. "...It's just a 
time to see what we have and what we can 
build on."
	Torti said he's excited to about his 
move to ASU after 
starting two years for the Hurricanes.
	"I've always wanted to play with coach 
Murphy since I 
was in high school," Torti, who will play 
either first or third 
base, said. "The opportunity was there and I 
thought it was 
best for me as a player."
	Murphy said ASU must move on after fall 
practice.
	"I think as a coach you're never 
completely satisfied or 
ever feel like you got everything done," 
Murphy said. "I wish 
we could practice more, but I think the 
players need to get 
more individual instruction and get away from 
a team 
environment."
	After one month of practice, Murphy has 
already set a 
team goal of winning a national championship.
	"Our goal as always is to win a national 
championship, 
but there's a lot that happens between now 
and then," he 
said. "When you set such a lofty goal, you 
have to go step by step."

ASU FOOTBALL FANS: IT'S WEEK FIVE

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	To win, contestants must correctly 
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and final score of the ASU football games on 
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* Alcoholics Anonymous - Daily campus 
meeting. Noon to 
1:15 p.m.; Newman Center, Aquinas Hall in the 
basement.
* American Indian Graduate Student 
Association - General 
meeting introducing new officers and meeting 
American 
Indian faculty. 9 a.m.; American Indian 
Institute, conference 
room.
* ASU College Republicans - General meeting. 
Rush 
Limbaugh college week info. Everyone welcome. 
3:30 p.m.; 
MU Cochise Room.
* ASU Women's Rugby Club - Meet people, 
travel and enjoy 
the excitement of the game. No experience 
necessary. For 
more information, call 784-8589. Practice 
held Tuesdays and 
Thursdays. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; ASU Band 
Fields.
* Baptist Student Union - Come join us for an 
hour of praise 
and workship. 8 p.m.; 1322 S. Mill Ave.
* Campus Ambassadors Christian Fellowship - 
Fun, 
workshop, discussion: Grey matters: A study 
of the thoughts 
of God and the thoughts of man. 7:30 p.m.; MU 
LaPaz Room.
* Coming Out Discussion Group - Meeting. 6 
p.m.; SSV 
second floor, Multicultural Lounge.
* Justice Studies Student Association - 
Meeting. All majors 
welcome. Happy hour after meeting. 3 p.m.; MU 
Mohave.
* KASR 1260 AM - Interview with local punk 
band Classic 
Boys on the mid afternoon punk rock lunch 
break. Noon to 1 
p.m.; KASR.
* KASR Video - The '70s roar with disco, 
lizard lounges, 
bellbottoms and the El Guapos. Featuring 
Antonio Banderas, 
AC/DC and Phunk Junkeez. Contest Line: 965-
4163. 11 p.m.; 
Channel 22.
* Knightly Devils Chess Club - Weekly 
meeting. All welcome. 
6:30 p.m.; MU 341.
* Kundalini Yoga Club - We have yoga classes 
Monday 
through Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Check monitors 
for locations. 
5:30 p.m.; MU 221.
* MUAB Comedy Committee - General meeting 
followed by 
improv games. 3 p.m.; MU third floor, MUAB 
office.
* MUAB Gallery Committee - Meeting everyone 
welcome. 
5:30 p.m.; MU third floor, Conference Room 
2A.
* MUAB Marketing Committee - General meeting. 
Everyone 
welcome. 3:15 p.m.; MU 208C.
* NASA - General meeting. Everyone welcome. 
6:30 p.m.; 
American Indian Institute conference room.
* Re-Entry Connection - Business meeting. 
Everyone 
welcome. Noon to 1 p.m.; MU lower level, Re-
Entry Center.
* Student Life Learning Resource Center - 
Free computer 
skills workshops: Beginning MS Word, 9 a.m. 
and 1 p.m.; 
Beginning Windows, 6 p.m.; Advanced Word 
Perfect, 7 p.m. 
SSV 361A
* THEM, The Science Fiction and Fantasy 
Society - "Making a 
Mess out of Creativity." Free stress-reliever 
for students, staff 
and faculty with finger-painting. 10:30 a.m. 
to 2 p.m.; Hayden 
Lawn.
* Travel and Tourism Student Association - 
Social: Members 
and non-members invited. All ages welcome. 
8:30 p.m.; 
Flakey Jakes.
* The Writing Center - Workshop: "A" papers 
and essay 
exams. 1:40 p.m.; to 2:30 p.m.